Pencil holder



A. D. PERALTA.l PENCIL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I0, 192|.

' 1,430,401, Patenteasept. 26,1922.

Patented Sept. 26, 1922.

STATES ALONSO D. PERALTA, OF GUATEMALA, GUATEMALA.

:PENCIL HOLDER.

Application filed September 10, 1921. Serial No. 499,622.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ALoNso D. PERALTA, a citizen of the Republic of Guatemala, and a resident of Guatemala, Central America, have invented a new and Improved Pencil Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in pencil holders, an object of the invention being to provide means whereby all the lead in an ordinary lead pencil may be used.

lt is customary to throw a lead pencil away when it becomes too short for convenient handling. The principal object of this invention is to obviate this waste of lead by providing a pencil holder into which an ordinary pencil may be adjustably fitted.

A still further object is to provide a pencil holder, which will be simple and practical in construction, neat and attractive in appearance, durable and eflicient in use, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

VV ith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying` drawings:

Figure l is a view in longitudinal section through my improved holder, showing the parts in assembled relationship; and

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation of a pencil.

Referring in detail to the drawings, 1 represents an ordinary lead pencil having a pointed end 2 and a plain end around which an externally screw threaded sleeve 3 is tightly secured.

I have used the reference numeral 4 to designate an internally and externally screw threaded casing, somewhat shorter than the pencil l. The sleeve 3 screws into the casing so that the pencil 1 may be moved longitudi nally of the casing by turning the same.

An internally and externally screw threaded protecting sleeve 5 may be screwed around the end of the casing 4 to conceal and protect the pointed end of the pencil l when the pencil is not in use. The position of the sleeve 5 is controlled by a threaded ring 6, fitting around the casing 4: andlimiting the movement of the sleeve 5.`

Still another ring 7 encircles the protecting sleeve 5 and has threaded engagement there with. The ring 7 carries a conventional form of spring clip 8, which may be utilized for retaining the pencil holder in a pocket.

'The manner of use of the device will be readily understood. When it is desired to use the pencil, the sleeve 5 is unscrewed from one end of the casing t and screwed onto the other end thereof. As the pencil 1 becomes worn down and needs resharpening, the user can adjust the pencil by holding the pointed end of the same and turning the casing 4: until sufficient of the pointed end of the pencil is exposed to allow resharpening of the same.

The ring 6 is of course not essential to the invention, but provided one conventional means for limiting the movement 'of the sleeve 5. After one pencil has been entirely used, it is a simple matter to frictionally fit a new one into the sleeve 3.

Although I have illustrated one of the preferred embodiments of my invention, it will be apparent that various slight ychanges and alterations might be made in the general form and arrangements of the parts described without departing from the invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the precise details set forth, but shall consider myself at liberty to malte such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

l. A pencil holder, including an internally and externally screw threaded casing, a pencil in the casing, a protecting sleeve adapted to encircle one end of the casing and conceal the pointed end of the pencil,

and a ring around the casing limiting the movement of the sleeve. Y

2. A pencil holder, including an internally and externally screw threaded casing, a protecting sleeve adapted to encircle one end of the casing, a ring around the casing limit ing the movement of the sleeve, and a clip carrying ring mounted for longitudinal adjustment on the sleeve.

3. A pencil holder including an internally and externally screw threaded casing, a pencil in the casing, a threaded sleeve on the pencil engaging the inner threads of the casing, a protecting sleeve removably en circling one end of the casing and adapted to be unscrewed to expose the pointed end ofthe pencil.

ALONSO D. PERALTA. 

